svartr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swartaz, whence also Old English sweart, Old High German swarz, Gothic ๐ƒ๐…๐Œฐ๐‚๐„๐ƒ (swarts). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (โ€œdirty, dark, blackโ€).

Adjective

svartr (comparative svartari, superlative svartastr)

  1. black

Descendants
  • Icelandic: svartur
  • Faroese: svartur
  • Norn: svart
  • Norwegian:
  • Old Swedish: svarter, svorter
    • Swedish: svart
      • โ†’ Westrobothnian: สƒwษ‘สˆสˆ, swรฅrt
  • Old Danish: swart, swort, sort
  • Westrobothnian: sohtt
  • Elfdalian: swart
  • Gutnish: svartar
  • Scanian: svรกrter

References
  • svartr in Geir T. Zoรซga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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